Kiril Despodov was voted Bulgaria’s Footballer of the Year for the fourth time in his career. Despodov won the vote with 317 points. During the past season, he scored 19 goals and made 22 assists, playing a key role in winning the Bulgarian Cup and the 12th consecutive title for Ludogorets. In September, he was transferred to the Greek football club PAOK for EUR 3.5 million. He quickly became a key player for his new team, which is just two points behind the leader AEK. Meanwhile, PAOK reached the quarterfinals in the Conference League.
Ilia Gruev who plays for Leeds United came second and the third place went to Ivaylo Chochev (Ludogorets).
The special award went to Stiliyan Petrov. After the Match of Hope in Sofia, he donated medical equipment worth more than EUR 290,000 to 10 cancer hospitals in Bulgaria.
Yuliana Yaneva won the 4 th Olympic quota for Bulgarian wrestling and the second for women’s wrestling. At the tournament in Istanbul she won against Davaanasan Enkh Amar, Mongolia in the 76 kg. qualification match. The other Bulgarian..
Bulgaria’s top tennis player Grigor Dimitrov started his participation in the ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Rome with a victory versus Yoshihito Nishioka, Japan by 7-5, 6-4 in 1 hour 39 minutes of play. In the third round Grigor..
An exhibition of 60 photos with the most memorable moments of Bulgarian and international sports from recent years will be arranged from May 10 to 21 in an open-air gallery on "Lovers’ Bridge" next to the National Palace of Culture in..
Iranian-born Olympic taekwondo star Kimia Alizadeh brought a European title to Bulgaria in her first competition under the Bulgarian flag. The..
Magomed Ramazanov became the fifth Bulgarian wrestler who won a quota for the Olympic Games in Paris. In Istanbul, he won his 86kg freestyle..
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